KCBWDAY1 Curious like a Monkey !

This year, I’m participating to the 4th Annual blog Week initiated by Eskimi.

I know, I’m one day late, I’ve just completely forget about the event ! Never mind, it just means that I have to publish two posts instead of one today !

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For whose who don’t know about the event, the first topic is about to choose a House, like in Harry Potter, who would fit to your personality according to your knitting or crocheting projects. The choice of my House was really tough, thought ! So if I had to pick one and just one, I guess that would be :

The House of Monkey

Kniting and crochet blog week house of monkey

I’ve hesitated a long time between The House of Bee and this one but after a look of my projects, I have to admit that since the very first one, I always was looking at new challenges. I love to learn new techniques, to get new skills and to get out of my comfort zone. Don’t be fulled by my queue list on Ravelry, there is always or almost anyway, new techniques to learn in the projects that I’ve picked. Ok sometimes there is not but that’s not happen very often. I do knit or crochet for fun too so there is some good too in quite simple project.

I found quite unbelievable that a such ancients crafty arts like knitting and crochet can be so modern and always evolving by developing new techniques. I loved challenges in my jobs and in my sports activities, I guess that can’t be so different for my crafty activities !

If it’s not in the pure technical skills itself that will be by working new fibers like camel’s yarn to see how it will behave according different projects, different size of needles or crochets. Lately I’ve even started to learn how to spin with drop spindle, soon that will be in dying fibers ! There is so many to do but so little time !

A little bit of improvisation !

blue coaster

Un crochet, 1 pelote de coton bleu, un petit peu de blanc pour les bordures, une jolie improvisation et cela donne un set de 6 dessous de verre dont 2 spéciaux gros mug ou théière (ou bouteille d’eau ou de vin) au choix, c’est comme on le sent !

One hook, 1 skein of blue coton, a little bit of white for the borders, one lovely improvisation and here it is, a set of 6 coasters for glass and 2 for big mugs or one for the tea pot and another for a mug but if you prefer so, that’s the perfect size two for a bottle of water and a bottle of wine, whenever you like it !

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KAL Everglade

chameau filature du valgaudemar

Hier,  je suis passée dans la toute nouvelle boutique de laine qui à ouvert à Montmartre, "Les Petits Points Parisiens" et lorsque je l’ai vu, je n’ai pas pu résister, j’ai acheté 2 pelotes de Chameau de la Filature du Valgaudemar, une laine qui me faisait rêver depuis fort longtemps…  Oui, je sais, c’est mon petit côté recherche de fibres un peu insolites qui ressort !

Yesterday I bought this amazing yarns that I wanted for so long in this cute little new yarn shop in Montmartre called "Les Petits Points Parisiens", that’s camel fibers from "La Filature du Valgaudemar" (in St Firmin France). Yes I know, I love to get some unusual fibers….

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Les rendez-vous Tricothé de Mars

Le rendez-vous tricothé

se rencontrer autour d’un thé et d’une pâtisserie pour tricoter….

Ce Samedi, j’ai organisé mon 3ème Rendez-Vous Tricothé dont le deuxième chez Une mère une fille à Paris !

Nous étions 8 à partager un moment de détente autour du tricot, à partager des conseils, reprendre des tricots "boulets", à avancer dans nos projets respectifs ou bien, comme moi, défaire ce que j’avais tricoté la vieille au soir car j’ai fait des erreurs dans le patron. Décidément, mon Smoulder n’est pas prêt d’avancer à ce rythme !

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Take the time to meet to knit with a cup of tea and a piece of cake…

Last saturday, I’ve organised my third "Rendez-Vous Tricothé", the second at Une mère une fille à Paris !

We were 8 to share a really pleasant moment around our knitting work, to share advices, to learn new technical, to work our ball and chain’s project, just to go on on our new knitting work or if you’re alike me, just to frogged some ranks because I’ve made some mistakes !  My smoulder is not ready te bo finish if I keep going this way !

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